2022 Midterm Elections

The Supreme Court refused to hear an election case filed by Arizona Senate candidate Kari Lake.

Kari Lake, who ran for Arizona governor in 2022 and is running for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by outgoing Kyrsten Sinema, is declining to defend against a defamation lawsuit filed by Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer.

An Ohio man who acknowledged making death threats in voicemails left for then-Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs during the 2022 election season has been sentenced Monday to 2 1/2 years in prison.

The former elections director for a rural Arizona county who resigned last year because of a flap over the hand-counting of ballots has been elevated to a top electoral post for the state.

A San Diego man was arrested Thursday on suspicion of leaving threatening messages on the personal cellphone of an Arizona election worker he accused of rigging the 2022 election results, federal prosecutors said.

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During brief arraignment hearings on Thursday, Judd and Crosby pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiracy and interference with an election officer and were informed of future court dates, including a May 16 trial.

According to a news release, 64-year-old Terry Crosby of Sierra Vista and 61-year-old Peggy Judd of Willcox were indicted on felony charges of interference with an election officer and conspiracy.

A federal appeals court tossed out a lawsuit brought by former Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake that was previously dismissed, challenging the use of electronic voting machines and seeking to ban them in last year’s midterm elections.

Brent Thomas Tadashi Kusama is facing 11 counts related to a “serious disparity" with the authenticity of dozens of signatures submitted on his nomination petitions to run for constable for Cochise County.

Defeated Arizona GOP gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake is the target of a lawsuit filed by Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer.

The Arizona Attorney General’s Office said 44-year-old Ryan Stuart Hadland is facing a misdemeanor charge of using an electronic communication to terrify, intimidate, threaten or harass.

Maricopa County Supervisor Bill Gates, who worked to bat down election misinformation and a hostile political landscape in 2020 and 2022, announced he’s not running for re-election.

Maricopa County is setting the record straight about social media posts claiming election workers were “secretly testing" election equipment and "removing memory cards."